Kind of a weird scandal. Isn't it perfectly legal to buy your kid admission by just giving a donation as they apply? That's the Jared Kushner story, right? Why bribe the coach?

Less expensive?

I think Michael was the one who said he had a pricing schedule for the parents of wealthy ne’er do wells.

Yeah, these prices seem lower. It's also possible these parents were unaware of other avenues wealthy people use. Just because you have money doesn't mean you're in the club.

All these top universities have huge bureaucracies, so figuring out how you're supposed to make your kinda-large-but-not-that-large donation isn't obvious. If Lori Loughlin, or another B celebrity, calls up the president of Yale, then she is going to be waiting a while before she gets a call back.